Hurricane Helene knocks out jet-fuel pipeline for Orlando International Airport

Orlando International Airport's only pipeline supplying jet fuel is currently inoperable due to flooding from Hurricane Helene, but the issue is not expected to affect travelers.

The Central Florida Pipeline, a 110-mile pipeline running from the Port of Tampa to Orlando, is not operating as of 1:50 p.m. Monday, according to Victoria Oddi, a spokesperson for Kinder Morgan, the company that owns the pipeline.

An airport spokesperson said the problem arose because some of the pipeline equipment took on saltwater during the hurricane and could not operate adequately.

Oddi said the pipeline is expected to return to service later Monday. She said the company is working with customers including Orlando International to minimize the impacts of the damage. The pipeline is the only one that provides jet fuel to the airport, according to the company's website.

In the past few days, the airport has had fuel trucked in.

However, Angela Starke, the airport's Senior Vice President of Public Affairs & Community Relations, said MCO has plenty of fuel in reserve to cover all activity.